A RIVAL'S OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND COAL
A speolal report on the Newcastle coal Industry, which appears m the " Sydney Morning Herald" of the 13th Inst, contains the following : — " At present our largest market is the sister colony of Victoria, and Adelaide Is also a very large purchaser of our bituminous wareß, Now Zealand, however, which used to take considerable shipments from us. is ecutented now with a very limited supply, as local mines are opening up rapidly In both the North and South Tsl u*s Ithe latter esppc!a,ly the coal is of a very superior quality; and the Gove__enL support ' local Industry,' and use It on the railways and m various other ways, and find it no more costly than buying the Newcastle coal. Bu v > even if they did, the well-known Protection proclivities of our Insular neighbors would, m this respect,
tend to m j are the Newcastle trade to a leaser or greater degree." _-"■'. " — -
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1682, 8 October 1887, Page 4
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157A RIVAL'S OPINION OF NEW ZEALAND COAL Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1682, 8 October 1887, Page 4
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